Reinforced carrier receptacle



March 1956 w. G. ANDERSON, JR 2,739,754

REINFORCED CARRIER RECEPTACLE Filed Feb. 5, 1953 b INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY WILBUR Q. ANDERSON QB.

United States Patent REINFORCED CARRIER RECEPTACLE Wilbur G. Anderson,Jr., Grand Rapids, Mich., assignor to American Box Board Company, GrandRapids, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application February 5, 1953,Serial No. 335,315 3 Claims. (Cl. 229-49) The present invention relatesto a reinforced carrier receptable, the sides, ends, and bottom of whichmay be of a paperboard material which, for carrying relatively heavyloads therewithin, is in my invention strongly reinforced so as to beable to sustain the duty to which subjected. The reinforced receptacleis manufactured at relatively low cost and may be used for carrying anymerchandise therewithin for which adapted, though in practice it isdesigned for use and has been used in connection with bottled goods,such as soft drinks or the like, which are put in the carrierreceptacles at a bottling works, thence on trucks, and the carriers withthe bottles therein delivered to retailers.

It is a primary object and purpose of the present invention to provide avery practical, useful and novel carrier receptacle of the type stated,by means of which strength, sturdiness in structure, durability in useand simplicity and economy in manufacture is attained.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, inwhich,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the sides, ends and bottomof the carrier receptacle are made.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the wire rod reinforcing frame structureused therewith in the completed receptacle.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the paperboard member of thestructure in the act of being pushed downwardly over the frame withwhich it is assembled.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the completed carrier receptacle,and

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken lengthwise of the receptacle betweenits opposite sides, substantially upon the plane indicated at V-V inFig. 4.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figuresof the drawing.

Each carrier receptacle is made of two members one of paperboard and theother of wire rod. The paper board blank is of a generally rectangularform which is scored transversely at three spaced lines, as shown inFig. l, to provide the sides 1 and ends 2 of the receptacle. At theouter free edge of one of the ends 1 is a narrow flap 3 and at theopposite end of the sheet blank of paperboard material is a narrowprojecting section 4.

At one of what will be the lower edges of the vertical sides 1 arebottom flaps 5 and, similarly, at the same edge of each of the ends 2are the bottom flaps 6, which at their end edges are separated byrelatively wide slots 7. They are folded inwardly on the scored linesshown between the inner portions of the slots 7, said slots at theirinner closed ends extending a short distance inward from such scoredlines substantially equal to the width of the slots 7. At the oppositeedges of the sides 1 and 2 are other flaps 9, separated by slots 8, ofthe same width as the slots 7; and each of the flaps 9 is longitudinallyscored a short distance inward from its outer free edge to provide a lip10, parallel to but narrower in width 2,739,754 Patented Mar. 27, 1956than the remainder of the flap 9 as shown in Fig. 1. Each of the endsections 2 adjacent the flaps 910 is provided with a rectangular handhole 11. Such member of strong paperboard stock is folded first on thescored lines between the inner ends of the slots 7 and 8 into arectangular form, the narrow flaps 3 coming within the narrow projection4, to which it is stapled to make a permanent connection.

The other and the reinforcing member of the receptacle comprises twoopen end frames, each made of wire rod, of generally rectangular form,having a generally horizontal lower end section 13, from each end ofwhich vertical sections 12 extend upwardly and are connected by an uppercross member 14, the intermediate portion of which is ofiset downwardlyto provide a shorter section 15, parallel to the bottom rod 13. Such endframes are connected together by two pairs of parallel spaced horizontalrods 16 and 17. The upper rods 16 at their ends are welded or otherwisepermanently connected to the upper corners of the end frames. The rods17 below them are similarly welded at their ends to the verticalsections 12 of the end frames, being spaced from the upper rods 16approximately the same distance that the intermediate portions 15 arebelow the end portions of the upper rods 14 of the end frames.

In the assembly, the paperboard member, after'the flap 3 is stapled tothe narrow and long projection 4, so that the paperboard box member isof rectangular form is slid downwardly over the upper end of the frameuntil an intermediate position between the lower and upper portions ofthe end frames is reached, sufficiently high that the bottom flaps 6 maybe turned inwardly toward each other, prior to which the bottom flaps 5extending downwardly from the sides 1 are turned inwardly. Thus when theflaps 6, connected at the lower edges of the ends 2, are turned inwardlysuch flaps are underneath the flaps 5 as shown in Fig. 3. Thereafter thepaperboard walls 1 and 2 of the receptacle are forced farther downwarduntil stopped by flaps 6 coming against the bottom sections 13 of theend frames. The assembly of the box is then completed by folding theupper flaps 9 inwardly over the wire 16, thence downwardly underneaththe wires 17 with the terminal lips it) forced and pressed upwardlybetween the upper edge portions of the sides and ends l and 2, and therods 17 at the sides of the receptacle, and the downwardly extendinghorizontal portions 15 of the upper sections of the end frames. Thisinterlocks the flaps 9-10 with the upper wire rods 15, 16 and 17 thebottom flaps 6 being held against the lower or bottom sections 13 ofsuch and frames.

The carrier receptacle thus constructed uses a minimum of paperboardmaterial, the waste in connection therewith being negligible. The blanksin the form shown in Fig. l are fabricated at the factory and areshipped in flat form to their destinations, the stapling of the parts 3and 4 being done at such destinations when the receptacles areassembled. The metal reinforcing member consisting of the several rodsor rod sections may be produced, if desired, at a plant equipped formanufacturing the same, relatively closely adjacent the destination ordestinations to which the paperboard blanks are sent. The assembly, whenfinished, provides a complete receptacle which may be reinforced as tothe bottom when desired in any of the numerous ways. For example, arectangular sheet of heavy paperboard may be inserted in the receptacleto bear upon the upper 5, it being understood that the several flaps 5and 6 at the bottom of the receptacle are located with respect to eachother so as to be adapted for sealing in usual and well known manners.In a companion application, filed herewith, there is disclosed areinforcing bottom of specific form which is of particular utility andadvantage in using such receptacles for receiving and transporting sideof the flaps bottled goods. However, the present invention is notrestricted or limited to the one use; and the reinforced carrier shown,and described herein is a complete article of manufacture in itselfwhether or not other accessories are added to and used therewith.

The invention is defined in the appended claims and is to be consideredcomprehensive of all forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a reinforced carrier receptacle, a reinforcing member comprisingtwo spaced, vertical, open, metallic, generally rectangular end frames,each having a horizontal bottom section, and horizontal metallic sidemembers connecting said end frames, secured thereto at the upperportions thereof, and an enclosure comprising connected vertical sidesand ends telescoping over said reinforcing member and having bottomflaps, one connected to each side and each end of said enclosure at thelower edges thereof, the end connected flaps being located above thebottom sections of said end frames of the reinforcing member, and theside connected flaps over said end connected flaps, and means connectingthe sides and ends of said enclosure adjacent their upper edge portionsto said reinforcing member.

2. A carrier receptacle comprising, a reinforcing member having twospaced, open, vertical end frames of generally rectangular form, havingvertical sides, horizontal bottom and generally horizontal upper sidesof metal rod material, and horizontal metal rods between said end framesadjacent the upper ends and at each side thereof permanently secured tosaid end frames, paperboard vertical sides and ends connected togetherat adjacent vertical edges located outside the sidesand ends of saidreinforcing member, and flaps connected one at the lower edge of each ofsaid sides and ends extending inwardly toward each other, with the endconnected flaps over and against the horizontal bottoms of end frames,and the side connected flaps above said end connected flaps.

3. A carrier receptacle comprising, an enclosure having spaced verticalsides and ends of paper stock material connected together at adjacentvertical edge portions, each side and. end having a lower edge connectedflap, said end and side connectedflaps extending horizontally towardeach other, an open rectangular frame having spaced vertical sides,horizontal bottom and upper sections between the sides located, exceptsaid bottom sections, at the inner sides of the ends of said enclosure,said end connected flaps being located above adjacent bottom sections ofsaid frames, and said side connected flaps being above the end connectedflaps, and means for securing said frames to associated ends of saidenclosure.

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